Politifact.com: Stories mentioning Carol Alvaradohttp://www.politifact.com/personalities/carol-alvarado/Stories or blog posts about Carol Alvarado from Politifact.comen-usTue, 06 Mar 2012 13:00:00 -0500Pre-abortion ultrasounds in Texashttp://www.politifact.com/texas/article/2012/mar/06/pre-abortion-ultrasounds-texas/Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times describes the 2011 Texas law requiring women who are seeking abortions to first have an ultrasound as demeaning and humiliating in a March 3, 2012, column. Kristof&rsquo;s commentary opens: Here&rsquo;s what a woman in Texas now faces if she seeks an abortion. Under a new law that took effect three weeks ago with the strong backing of Gov. Rick Perry, she first must typically endure an ultrasound probe inserted into her vagina. Then she listens to the audio thumping of the fetal heartbeat and watches the fetus on an ultrasound screen. She must ... <a href="/texas/article/2012/mar/06/pre-abortion-ultrasounds-texas/">>>More</a>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:00:00 -0500http://www.politifact.com/texas/article/2012/mar/06/pre-abortion-ultrasounds-texas/Mailbag: “What a complete waste of newsprint.”http://www.politifact.com/texas/article/2011/mar/25/mailbag-what-complete-waste-newsprint/Lawmakers have kept the Truth-O-Meter busy, but readers weren&rsquo;t always keen about how we rated their statements. Here&rsquo;s a selection of the criticism and praise we received last month, edited for length and style. Tom DeLay v. Travis County Appearing on NBC&rsquo;s Today show in January, Tom DeLay questioned his recent Travis County conviction for laundering corporate money to help GOP Texas House candidates. &quot;I was tried in the most liberal county in the state of Texas, indeed, in the United States.&quot; We rated that Pants on Fire: Travis County is liberal &mdash; especially by Texas standards &mdash; but not ... <a href="/texas/article/2011/mar/25/mailbag-what-complete-waste-newsprint/">>>More</a>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:23:35 -0400http://www.politifact.com/texas/article/2011/mar/25/mailbag-what-complete-waste-newsprint/Austin&#39;s Lee Leffingwell survives debut at PolitiFacthttp://www.politifact.com/texas/article/2011/mar/14/blur-politifact-texas-last-week/Flashing back to the week that was at PolitiFact Texas... Andy Brown, chairman of the Travis County Democrats, overreached when he said nobody in higher education believes $10,000 bachelor&rsquo;s degrees are possible. We rated that False last week. But another Austin Democrat drew a True rating in his debut against the Texas Truth-O-Meter. Mayor Lee Leffingwell said four-year City Council terms are the norm in cities like Austin. Similarly, New &nbsp;York Times columnist Paul Krugman rang True for saying the poorest 40 percent of Texans average less income than counterparts nationally (though it&rsquo;s a close call). Three legislators--state Rep. Carol ... <a href="/texas/article/2011/mar/14/blur-politifact-texas-last-week/">>>More</a>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:52:00 -0400http://www.politifact.com/texas/article/2011/mar/14/blur-politifact-texas-last-week/Facts debatable? Truth-O-Meter says nohttp://www.politifact.com/texas/article/2011/mar/10/facts-arent-debatable/When Texas House members took up a proposal to require women seeking abortions to first get a sonogram, state Rep. Carol Alvarado was among opponents to join floor debate, telling a Republican sponsor during a March 2 exchange that sonograms at the 8th to 10th week of pregnancy have to be done with an intrusive transvaginal device--not with the external &quot;jelly on the belly&quot; method. Most experts we reached agreed that to produce a clear image, a transvaginal sonogram is best, if not the only choice, up to about the seventh week of pregnancy. But between seven and 10 weeks, ... <a href="/texas/article/2011/mar/10/facts-arent-debatable/">>>More</a>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 10:39:04 -0500http://www.politifact.com/texas/article/2011/mar/10/facts-arent-debatable/